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Monday, 30 May 2016

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Free to good home - 50+ years of GSA and AAPG bulletins 

Arizona Geology [22:09:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (755 visits) info
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I am cleaning out my own library in preparation for the AZGS move to the University of Arizona.   I had amassed a pretty comprehensive collection of Geological Society of America and American Association of Petroleum Geologists bulletins over the years.   They extend from the 1940s with a few gaps into the early 2000s when I switched to digital versions on CD. The AZGS library also has

What can we learn from ocean sediment cores? 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [21:46:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (177 visits) info
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After an average of 36 hours traveling and a few more hours of acclimating, we are in the throes of the School of Rock! So who are “we” and what are we doing? read

AZGS transfer to University of Arizona - update 

Arizona Geology [20:45:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (184 visits) info
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We have been working non-stop the past week with University of Arizona and State of Arizona officials on transferring the Arizona Geological Survey from the State to the University.   On Friday, the Arizona [...]

Scenes from a cut bank 

Mountain Beltway [19:42:06]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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 AU
My family and I went canoeing this weekend, and one of the more photogenic things we saw on the river was this fine cut bank: The bank is being actively undercut by the river, as evidenced by the overhanging [...]

Cottage Report 

Ontario-geofish [16:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (176 visits) info
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We made our own long weekend.  Wow, a May heatwave!  Some nights we were sweating like pigs, which finally forced us into the water.  By the end of the weekend, the water was a normal July temperature. [...]

Jual Jilbab Murah Ramadhan 

Mineraland Chile [14:59:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (146 visits) info
Kesempatan ini dicermati oleh para pemain  atau perusahaan atau pelaku usaha yang bermain di dunia desain serta marketing kerudung atau jilbab. Perlu diketahui bahwa saat ini semakin marak orang yang mencari [...]

Map: Thickness Of The Crust 

Reporting on a Revolution [11:42:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (691 visits) info
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A ten km contour interval? Well yes, if  you are mapping the thickness of the earth's crust! This map brings out beautifully the distribution of the two distinct types of crust on earth. Crust making up the [...]

Just for Fun, a Minor Monday Mystery 

Geotripper [10:07:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (172 visits) info
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Where am I and how do you know? There is the obvious clue provided by the street signs, but if they weren't there, would you have any way of knowing something of where I spent the day? A clue: the picture was [...]

Fallen trees 

Oakland Geology [09:02:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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 US
Naturally, the people of a city named Oakland cherish their trees. But trees are living things, and every one must die at some point. After years of drought plus one wet winter, I’ve noticed a lot of [...]

Un poco de Paleofilatelia II 

Koprolitos [08:51:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (125 visits) info
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En esta entrada del año pasado os informamos de que, el 7 de mayo, se había publicado por fin el primer sello oficial de dinosaurios español. Se trataba de una serie completa y se preveía su continuidad en [...]

Mark Your Calendars for these events happening at HMNS 5/30-6/5 

BEYONDbones [03:00:25]  recommend  recommend this post  (139 visits) info
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Last week’s featured #HMNSBlockParty creation is by Leon (age 12):  Want to get your engineering handwork featured? Drop by our Block Party interactive play area and try your own hand building a [...]

Earthquake swarm - no activity for a week 

Arizona Geology [02:04:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (154 visits) info
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The earthquake swarm in northwest Arizona on March 28, may have run its course.  It's now been a week since the last event.   The total number of quakes recorded is in the low 60's with the largest one [...]

Demonstrate sink hole processes in action 

Earth Learning Idea [20:41:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (152 visits) info
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Have you tried 'Sink hole!'? This ELI is a classroom demonstration of sink hole processes and their effects. Sink holes commonly form over limestone bedrock, but also develop where the underlying materials [...]

La frana del Lungarno Torrigiani e il monitoraggio da parte del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra 

scienzeedintorni [18:08:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (151 visits) info
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Ad evento appena avvenuto ho descritto sommariamente i primi interventi in corso da parte del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Università di Firenze per il monitoraggio della frana del lungarno [...]

Geopoetry: Counter Currents, by Danny Rosen 

In the Company of Plants and Rocks [16:18:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (171 visits) info
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What lies on the counter does not lie, utters no false word, speaks volumes …The edge of an indurated ash spear point says, 100,000 years ago some man he sat here flaking, grunting, [...]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Storm on the Rock 

GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [12:30:21]  recommend  recommend this post  (191 visits) info
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 ZA,AU,CN
This is a photograph of Uluru, in the Northern Territory of Australia, on a hot and humid summer afternoon. As lightning flashed about, torrential rains swept across the landscape and silver rivulets of water [...]

Terminó la campaña de escavación en Somosaguas 

Investigación GeoPaleoBiológica en Somosaguas [10:35:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (168 visits) info
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Efectivamente, el pasado viernes tuvo lugar el cierre de campaña en la excavación de los yacimientos del Mioceno de Somosaguas. Durante la mañana, que fue muy tranquilita, pudimos disfrutar de la visita [...]

Phytoliths and Grass Evolution Project Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington 

WeBlog Aragosaurus [09:29:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (161 visits) info
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 GB,US
The University of Washington (Seattle, WA) invites applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate (Job Class 0148; not a tenure track position). The position has a 12-month term, with the possibility of [...]

A silicified specimen of Douvillina inaequistriata from the Centerfield formation of New York 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (157 visits) info
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I've blogged before about Douvillina inaequistriata specimens from the Centerfield member of the Ludlowville formation in New York in a prior post. Today I'm showing off a silicified specimen that I found in [...]

Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Which Theropod Is The Strongest Of Them All? 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [03:19:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (668 visits) info
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what theropod family is the strongest(at parity)? Is it:  all theropods are represented by the “best” of there group at 32 feet long Abd how ever much they’d weigh at that size the [...]

Land subsidence maps for Arizona updated 

Arizona Geology [02:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (137 visits) info
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<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]-->The Arizona Dept. of Water Resources has updated land subsidence maps for the state on ADWR's website and can be accessed from the main land subsidence [...]
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